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What does gypsum do?
I'm brewing from an Austin Homebrew extract kit, and it came with some gypsum. I thought gypsum was only for modifying water chemistry, but there seems to be some other schools of thought around.
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IPA Water Treatment
I am about to brew a clone recipe of Dogfish Head's 60 minute IPA and I was wondering if I should do some water treatment on it. I've heard of people adding gypsum to their water to achieve a dryer ...
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Salty Starter. From Gypsum?
I'm using gypsum for the first time in an IPA I'm brewing in few days. I made a starter today and thought.... since it's a hopped started, why not add a pinch of gypsum. I used PDME and yeast nutrient ...
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When to add salts to RO brewing water [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I put minerals back into distilled or reverse osmosis water?
This weekend I'll be brewing a recipe from Mitch Steele's 'IPA' book. The recipe has a very exact ...